Jonathan is a Policy Analyst in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation. The total fertility rate in the U.S. has been below replacement for the past half-century. Childbearing in the ...

The total fertility rate in the United States – the estimated number of children that the average woman will have in her lifetime, based on present trends – has generally declined over the past two ...

With U.S. fertility rates at a record low, some people and politicians think that having more babies is the answer to the country's population problem. Are they right? (Getty Images) America's leaders ...

The United States' total fertility rate fell to a record low in 2024, dipping below 1.6 children per woman, according to new federal data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Earth’s population is in the midst of two notable trends that will impact humanity’s future. People are living longer than ever before. At the same time, population growth is slowing and beginning to ...

Countries like Italy and Japan have been famously struggling to raise their birthrates to sustain their aging populations, and it turns out that the United States might not be doing super well, either ...

Fertility decline is a devilish problem. What if the only solution is to treat parenting as a public service worth paying for? Credit...Photo illustration by Juanjo Gasull Supported by By Amanda Taub ...

Dr. Paula Amato and Dr. Ethan Sharygin were guests on this week's episode of "Straight Talk" to help break down some of the answers to those questions. Amato is a professor of OBGYN and division head ...

Replacement-level fertility, commonly defined as 2.1 births per woman, is the rate at which a population remains the same from one generation to the next. India has reached replacement-level fertility ...

The Asian giant is grappling with a dramatic population decline, with a fertility rate of 1.0, well below the 2.1 replacement ...